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Book Description
프랑스 작가 볼테르의 철학 소설로써 18세기 풍자 문학의 대표작. 1759년에 발표되었으며 원제는 『캉디드 혹은 낙천주의Candide ou l'optimisme』이다. 이 작품에는 당시 정치·사회·사상에 대한 통렬한 비판이 주인공의 운명을 서술하는 가운데 잘 나타나 있다. 캉디드라는 순진하고 단순한 청년의 인생유전을 통하여 당시 유행하던 라이프니츠류의 낙관주의, 즉 현재가 최선의 세계라는 주장을 공박한다. 볼테르 특유의 사회비판과 미학적 표현이 돋보이는 작품이다.
캉디드는 스승 낙천주의 철학자 팡글로스의 가르침대로 세상Continue
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curledup published on Tue, 7 Sep 2010
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This is an interesting story to read, the adventures/misfortunes the story hero, Candide, experiences are prolific. this is the first time i read Voltaire's work, in fact first time reading such type of western literature, cannot help associate this to one of the Chinese masterpieces “Journey to the ... (continue)
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- English Books
- Paperback 144 Pages
- ISBN-10: 0140440046
- ISBN-13: 9780140440041
- Publisher: Penguin Books
- Pub date: Jun 30, 1979
- Dimensions: 1290 mm x 839 mm x 65 mm Just how big is that?
- Also available as: Mass Market Paperback, Hardcover, Audio CD, Audio Cassette, Leather Bound, School & Library Binding, Unbound, Others and eBook
- In other languages: other languages
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Candide: Or, Optimism
Candide: Or, Optimism Voltaire Penguin Translated by Theo Cuffe Paperback 200 pages October 2005 “All is for the best” in this, the “best of all possible worlds.” Never mind the atrocities and civil war in Iraq, or the genocide in Darfur, or the infe ... (read full critics)